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Westinghouse   /wˈɛstɪŋhˌaʊs/   Listen
Westinghouse

noun
1.
United States inventor and manufacturer (1846-1914).  Synonym: George Westinghouse.





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"Westinghouse" Quotes from Famous Books



... is not only a wonderful profession, with the activities of its followers of utmost importance, but also it is a profession the individual work of whose pioneers, from Watt to Westinghouse and from Eiffel to Edison, has ...
— Opportunities in Engineering • Charles M. Horton
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... a jernbane, literally "an iron path." Their cars are made on the conventional European pattern, and are light and comfortable. They are furnished with toilet rooms, and run smoothly and noiselessly. Most of the trains are equipped with Westinghouse brakes, steam heat, and electric lights. The trains run very slowly. Economy is studied in this respect, as in every other. There is a certain speed—say, fifteen or eighteen miles an hour—which can be maintained at a minimum consumption of fuel, ...
— Norwegian Life • Ethlyn T. Clough
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Words linked to "Westinghouse" :   artificer, discoverer, inventor


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